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Place names and personal names written in Chinese characters are notorioulsy difficult to read. This page is dedicated to the former. For the latter, see Dictionaries for Japanese personal names.

Geographical place names 地名

• Nihon rekishi chimei taikei 日本歴史地名大系 (東京 : 平凡社, 1979-2005) 50 vols. DS805 .N5367
  • Also available through Japan Knowledge
  • This is the authoritative dictionary of Japanese historical geography, organized by modern prefecture.
  • The two volumes of indexes (sōsakuin and bunrui sakuin) are essential for using the print version.

• Kadokawa Nihon chimei daijiten 角川日本地名大辞典 1978-<1990 > CD-ROM edition for Windows. 東京 : 角川書店, 2002. DS805 .K27 2002 Computer File (Note: Ohio State does not own the print ed. (1978-<1990 >)of this dictionary.)

• Shin Nihon chimei sakuin (New Index gazetteer of Japan). Kanai Hiroo. Kamakura-shi: Abokkusha, 1993. 新日本地名索引. 金井弘夫. 鎌倉市: アボック社, 1993. 3 vols (v. 1. 五十音編 -- v. 2-3. 漢字篇) DS805 .K33 1993
  • Use together with: Shin Nihon chimei sakuin. Bekkan, Chimei reddo dēta bukku = Red data gazetteer of Japan DS805 .K332 1994

• Zōho dai Nihon chimei jisho. Yoshida, Tōgo. Tokyo: Fuzanbō, 1975-1976. 増補　大日本地名辭書. 吉田東伍(著). 東京 : 冨山房,(昭 和50-51). 9 vols. DS805 .Y63 1975
  • 1. Hanron. Sakuin.--2. Kamigata.--3. Chūgoku. Shikoku.--4. Saigoku.--5. Bantō.--6. Hokkoku. Tōgoku.--7. Ōu.--8. Hokkaidō. Karafuto. Ryūkyū. Taiwan -- 9. Index
  • Note: Ohio State also has the original edition (1907-1909) of this dictionary: DS805 .Y63 1907

• Gendai Nihon chimei yomikata daijiten. 現代日本地名よみかた大辞典. 日外アソシエーツ(編集). 東京: 日外アソシエーツ, 1985. 7 vols. (note: v.7 is the index volume) DS805 .G27 1985

• Shichōsonmei hensen jiten Kusuhara Yūsuke (sekinin henshū). Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, 1990. 市町村名変遷辞典; 責任編集楠原佑介 東京 : 東京堂出版, 1990. DS805 .S44 1990

• Shōwa jūrokunen Dai Tōkyō sanjūgoku kubun shōzu shūsei : shinkyū chōmei ichiranhyō iri' 昭和十六年大東京三十五區區分詳圖集成 : 新旧町名一覧表入 / 地形社編. 東京 : 昭和礼文社, 昭和6 [1994]G2359.T7 S56 1994
  • Useful in tracing pre-World War II Tokyo place names

• A gazetteer of Japanese place names in characters and in Rōmaji script giving latitudes and longitudes. Compiled by Stanley Gerr. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard university press, 1942. DS805 .G28
  • Useful for placenames used during World War II

Online resources

• Intellingua Japanese Name Resources

• Mapion

Other smaller and/or older place name dictionaries

(List is in order by date of publication)

• Konsaisu Nihon chimei jiten / Sanseidō Henshūjo hen. Tanioka Takeo, Yamaguchi Keiichirō (kanshū). Tōkyō: Sanseidō, 1998.

コンサイス日本地名事典 / 三省堂編修所編 ; 監修 谷岡武雄, 山口恵一郎 東京 : 三省堂， 1998.

DS805 .K79 1998

• Minzoku to chimei: Minzoku chimei goi jiten. Matsunaga, Miyoshi; Tanigawa Ken'ichi (sekinin henshū). Tōkyō: San'ichi Shobō, 1994.

民俗と地名 :民俗地名語彙事典. 松永美吉(著); 谷川健一(責任編集) 東京 : 三一書房, 1994.

GR340 .M375 1994

• Nihon rekishi chimei jiten. Fujioka Kenjirō (hen). Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, 1981. (Shōwa 56).

日本歴史地名辞典. 藤岡謙二郎編). 東京 : 東京堂出版, 1981. (昭和 56).

DS805 .N5365

• Chimei no gogen. Kagami Kanji, Kagami Akikatsu. Tōkyō: Kadokawa Shoten, 1979. (Shōwa 54).

地名の語源. 鏡味完二。鏡味明克 東京: 角川書店, 1979. (昭和54).

DS805 .K319 1979

• Nandoku chimei jiten. Yamaguchi Keiichirō, Kusuhara Yūsuke (hen). Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, 1978. (Shōwa 53).

難読地名辞典. 山口恵一郎, 楠原佑介(編). 東京: 東京堂出版, 1978. (昭和 53).

DS805 .Y333

• Nihon chimei jiten. Watanabe Akira (kanshū). Tōkyō: Asakura Shoten, 1954-1956. (Shōwa 29-31).

日本地名事典. 渡邊光(監修). 東京: 朝倉書店, 1954-1956. (昭 和29-31).

DS805 .N514